WWE announced the following:
WWE.com has learned Roman Reigns has been rushed to a Nashville, Tenn., hospital to undergo emergency surgery for an incarcerated hernia. Reigns had been in Nashville to promote tomorrow’s Night of Champions event. His recovery time will be evaluated by the local surgeon and WWE physician Dr. Chris Amann following today’s operation.
Then…
WWE sent us the following, announcing that Roman Reigns will be unable to compete at tomorrow’s WWE Night Of Champions pay-per-view:
WWE.com has learned that Roman Reigns has undergone emergency surgery for an incarcerated hernia. Reigns had been in Nashville to promote tomorrow’s Night of Champions pay-per-view. His recovery time will be evaluated by the local surgeon and WWE physician Dr. Chris Amann, but he will be unable to compete against Seth Rollins tomorrow night. Check back with WWE.com for further updates on Reigns’ condition.
– WWE had been hyping a breaking news update on Roman Reigns’ status at 1pm EST on the WWE Network but as of this writing at 1:19pm EST, the interruption never aired. F4Wonline.com notes that one of the plans WWE was working on with Reigns fell through, presumably a back-up plan.
